Shloka 63

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

भगीरथं च राजानं मृतं सूंजय शुश्रुम । यस्येन्द्रो वितते यज्ञे सोम॑ पीत्वा मदोत्कट:

Transliteration

Bhagīrathaṃ ca rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ Sūṃjaya śuśruma | yasyendro vitate yajñe somaṃ pītvā madotkaṭaḥ ||

Translation

Ваю сказал: «О Сумджая, мы слышали, что и царь Бхагиратха умер — тот, на чьём широко развернутом жертвоприношении Индра, испив Сому, впал в яростное опьянение».

Word by Word

• भगीरथम्: Bhagīratha
• भगीरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजानम्: king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृतम्: dead
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सूत: O Sūta (charioteer/bard)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जय: O Jaya (victorious one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शुश्रुम: I heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वितते: in the spread/extended (i.e., duly arranged)
• वितते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सोमम्: Soma (sacrificial drink)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• मदोत्कटः: exceedingly intoxicated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद-उत्कट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Sūṃjaya
• Bhagīratha
• Indra
• Soma
• yajña (sacrifice)